History Crossword
Across
- 4. The King that the plotters were trying to blow up.
- 5. Large, painful swellings that appeared in the armpits and groin of victims.
- 7. The fraction of the English population killed by the plague (roughly one-___).
- 8. What medieval people called the bad, smelly air they thought caused the disease.
- 10. The year the famous battle took place.
- 12. The man caught in the cellars with the barrels of explosives.
- 15. The group of poor workers who rebelled against the unfair laws.
- 18. The Norman Duke who won the battle and became King of England.
- 19. The unfair tax that everyone had to pay, which triggered the rebellion.
- 20. The Anglo-Saxon King who was killed during the battle.
Down
- 1. The famous leader of the peasants during the revolt.
- 2. The type of tiny insect that lived on rats and spread the plague.
- 3. The religious group the plotters belonged to.
- 6. The country in Europe where the plague first arrived before spreading to Britain.
- 9. The famous embroidered cloth that tells the story of the Norman Conquest.
- 11. The month of the year when the plot was discovered.
- 13. The weapon that famously hit King Harold in the eye.
- 14. The building in London that the plotters targeted.
- 16. The 14-year-old King who met the peasants at Mile End.
- 17. The capital city where the angry peasants marched to protest.